EGAVE

egg

About 14.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development. The (usually) non-developing, edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, chicken; the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
    We made a big omelette with three eggs for breakfast.
  2. noun An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development. The (usually) non-developing, edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, chicken; the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
    We made a big omelette with three eggs for breakfast.
  3. noun The (usually) non-developing, edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, chicken; the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
    We made a big omelette with three eggs for breakfast.
  4. noun A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.
  5. noun Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.
  6. noun A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1). A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.
  7. noun A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.
  8. noun Chiefly in egg and dart: an ornamental oval moulding alternating in a row with dart or triangular shapes.

Similar words

testicle gonad testis nut bollock ballock ball oviposition ovum oocyte

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and is whites yolk yolks white production in of

Word family

egg on her face egg on his face egg on its face egg on my face egg on our faces egg on their face egg on their faces egg on your face egg on your faces egged

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